While the news media was ablaze with white hot takes on Richard Sherman’s postgame interview with Erin Andrews and what it meant for the crumbling (or strengthening) of the empire, Lord Rog quietly announced in an interview on the NFL Network (synergy) with Rich Eisen (paid with The Shield’s dollars) a plan to possibly eliminate the point after attempt (all kickers are potential troublemakers with too much time on their hands; see also Kluwe, Chris; Reed, Jeff; Janikowski, Sebastian).

What would replace the extra point kick? Take a guess.

A) All touchdowns are worth 7 points since point after kicks are “automatic” according to Goodell.
B) Only going for two-point conversions for the PAT, eliminating the kick.
C) Successful two-point conversions would actually be worth 1 point, making a TD and PAT be worth 8 points
D) If the scoring team fails on the running or passing PAT conversion, they are punished and their touchdown is worth only six points.
E) All of the above because this is the NFL and why have one rule when you can have four.

Let’s put aside the fact that at a time when the league is obsessed with talking about increasing player safety forcibly adding one more running play or receiving play to each scoring drive only increases the odds significant injury, where is the outrage that extra kicks are boring? They’re not. When the Lions had to take a time out so their linemen could clear aside nearly a foot of snow for David Aker’s kick only to have it blocked by Bennie Logan, it wasn’t boring. It was a clear demonstration that field conditions and weather matter at every level of the game, even at the most basic and efficient scoring opportunities.

And who can forget John Carney’s missed field goal that kept the 2003 Saints out of the playoffs.

Imagine having run the River City Relay, being gassed from hook and laddering down the field and then having to decide if you want to win by one, lose by one or risk overtime?

Much like the continued pressure for a London presence, Goodell continues to look to for ways he can add to his legacy as the NFL commissioner and change the dialogue about what his time on the throne has done for the league. Bottom line, one more rule change that makes the game more dangerous for the players and in a way, less fun for the fans. Because without extra point kicks, we wouldn’t have this:

So good job with the bread and circuses today, Lord Rog. While everyone talked about Sherman and sportsmanship, you changed the game.

I was going to say, as a Cowboys fan, I can think of at least one other instance where the extra point was botched in a crucial situation. Of course Romo now just throws an interception late in the 4th quarter, so that’ll never happen again.

you’re all missing the point here, he’s trying to add another level of confusion for the casual viewer, like my wife, who still doesn’t understand how first downs are attained, even though we’ve talked about it 5000 times. trying to explain this would waste precious booze consumption time.

Got to agree with Goodell on this one. Extra points are undeniably a safety problem, and have been for quite awhile. Remember when Ray Lewis was still around and he would use the points to stab people?

Why not narrow the goalposts by 1/3 or 1/2, thus gaining the added bonus of making field goals harder and even further reducing the number of times a non football player gets to make a major impact on the outcome of the game.

The giveaway comes when Sherman makes mention of “a sorry receiver like Crabtree.” On the surface, this seems like nothing more than trash-talking an opponent, but that’s because most people don’t know that the reptilian shape-shifters first gained control of civilization through the power of the sacred Tree of Crab, which was first brought to Earth from the planet Andrues (could it be any more obvious?) on an asteroid 49 (HELLO?!?!) billion years ago.

It’s also important to note how Andrews conveniently has the perfect followup question to get Sherman to repeat “Crabtree.” Look closely at her face. She’s faking. Clearly a crisis actor hired specifically for this event.

I’d suggest, instead of making the extra point kick harder, add a new scoring option. Example – a 3-point conversion, if you can convert from the 25 yard-line. Make the decision trickier for the coaches.

Or don’t and just leave it alone, since it’s totally fine the way it is, scores are generally close and exciting, and the decision to go for 1 or 2 is a tense one that regularly adds drama to important games

An extra point looks easy, but that’s only because the players are so good. Plenty of shitty kickers, holders, and long-snappers out there – it’s just that the NFL guys are the elite, so good they make it seem automatic, so that douchebags like PK bitch about kicking getting too easy.

But I don’t see PK whining that scoring TDs are too easy now, so Peyton should start throwing the ball with his thumbs amputated. Or that snapping the ball is too simple, we shouldn’t bother with centers – just have the QB take the ball off a small table at the beginning of each play.

I will absolutely always remember the John Carney Saints/Jags game of 2003. I had the Saints to complete the third leg of a 3 team parlay (Jags were -2.5 or -3 I believe, which seems funny to type now). The Saints broke off that craziness to score, but then the reality set in that Jax could just win in OT with a FG and still bomb out the parlay. Then he missed the kick and winner winner, chicken dinner. I remember staring at the TV not really sure if I was dreaming…..
/follows that one gambling win with like a lifetime of losing

I mean without the extra point Bill Belichick wouldn’t be able to run the score up, send in his second most important player (Gronkowski) to get hurt on a PAT and then give Simmons and the rest of the Pats fans excuses for another playoff defeat.

This is one step closer to my dream of the kicker being completely naked (except for cleats) and no one is able to tackle him but he can hit anyone he wants: a wildcard, if you will. There will be an uptick of interest in the game among women which will more than offset the small drop in jersey sales.

Okay, I am thinking it could be really fun if the squad you put on the field for the extra point has to be the same group of players you had on the field when the touchdown was scored. Quarterbacks will probably have to learn how to kick and when defenses score the extra point attempts will be absolute chaos.

It appears that my crusade to end the abomination that is calling wacky lateral shenanigans “hook and ladder(ing)” will never reach Jerusalem.

A “hook and lateral” is a specific play where the slot receiver runs a hard “hook” route then “laterals” to the flanker. Hence the name.

Then, somewhere down the line (I blame Chris Berman), anything involving laterals began to be referred to a “hook and ladder” play, which makes no sense at all. What does a fire engine have to do with the Stanford Band play?

Please, good citizens. You can help end the “hook and ladder” crisis today. Please send $5, $10 or $25 (cash only) to:

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